Late-night shopping to continue until Christmas

It is hoped late-night shopping in Naracoorte will stimulate the local economy.

Shops in the CBD have been opening late on a Thursday night for the past few weeks.

Mayor Erika Vickery says the initiative will continue until Christmas, with the chance it could be extended beyond then.

She says it is hoped local shoppers will take advantage of the late-night shopping to stimulate the local retail sector.

"Things are quite tight, they are operating quite well but certainly they would like to have a bit of an ease of the pressure, so if we can stimulate some extra people to come to Naracoorte and to make use of the late-night shopping, that will certainly help our local businesses," she said.

"They're just having a look to see how many people take advantage of it and if it develops into something that ... people are ... supporting then it quite possibly could be worthwhile ... continuing it on into the future."